Golf Network News
Sunday 13 May 1979PGA European TourYear in Review
Gallacher wins French Open
Golf Club de Lyon, Lyon, France (region; the course comes with research) · Bernard Gallacher’s win no. 5 on the PGA European Tour · purse £33,500 (season table column Purse (£)) GBP · end date from season table and winner's wins table; start date not found in a source opened
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Willie Milne SCOrunner-up, 1 stroke behind Open de France — Wikipedia (served for the fetched URL; Wikipedia internal redirect)
Same week
DP World Tour event
French Open
Golf Club de Lyon, Golf Club de Lyon, Lyon, France
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Bernard Gallacher
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Gallacher | 71 · 69 · 74 · 70 | 284 | −8 |
| 2 | Willie Milne |
The golfer
born 1949-02-09, Bathgate, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1967; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 5.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet